Foot-rest for radiators.



O. F. W. vCROMWELL.

FOOT BEST FOR RADIATORS. APPLICATION FILD FEB. 7. I917.

LMWMQB Patented Dec, 11, 19x75.

awe/Mom OLIVER F WCKQMWELL is s as his.

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Applieationfiled. February 7, 1917.

to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has for itsprimary object a practical, durable andefficient construction of foot rest for radiators, the parts of whichmay be very easily and cheaply Y manufactured and readily assembled andnot liable to get out of order and capable of being adjusted tovariouspositions as may be desired and easily attached to or detachedfrom the radiator.

And the invention also. aims to generally improve devices of this classso as to, render them more useful and commercially desirable. 1

With these and other objects in view, as will -more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions,arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter morefully describe and claim.

a For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawing, in which i J r 1Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of a foot rest for radiatorsembodying the improvements of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the legsofthe device.

Corresponding and like parts are referred toin the following descriptionand designated in all of the views of the accompanying drawing by likereference characters. I l

My improved foot rest for radiators comprises clamping devices A, ofwhich there are two, which are substantially duplicates, and a footsupporting plate or grid B.

Each clamping device comprises a main bar 1 terminating at one end in apreferably curved jaw 2, and an extension. bar B terminating in apreferably curved and com- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

Serial No. 147,189.

plemental jaw 4:, the two jaws being deslgned to be clamped upon thefeed pipe of the radiator between any two sections of the latter. One ofthe bars just mentioned (the bar 1 in the present instance) is formedwith a laterally projecting pin 5, and the other bar is formed with alongitudinally extending slot 6 in which said pin is received, and a setscrew 7 is carried by one bar and is also received in said slot 6,whereby the movement of one bar relative to the other may be .properlyguided, said set screw being provided with a wing nut 8 for holding thetwo parts of the clamps in adjusted positions, whereby they may bereadily attached to or detached from the radiator feed pipe.

My improved foot rest also comprises legs 9 and set screws 10 passthrough said legs and are provided with wing nuts 11 whereby the legsmay be clamped securely in adjusted positions. Theset screws 10 arereceived in longitudinal slots 12 formed in the bars 1 at one end of thelatter, notches l 13 being formed on one side of said bars contiguous tosaid slots and designed for en gagement by lugs 14L that are formed onthe piece structure, and is preferably provided with a heel engagingledge 15 extending from one side thereof to the other, said ledge beingrecessed or notched as indicated at 15 and the bars 1 being received inand movable along the notches or recesses. The plate B is formed withdepending heel lugs 16 and corresponding toe lugs 17, the set screws 10passing through the heel lugs 16, as well as the legs 9, as shown, andset screws 18 being carried by the toe lugs 17. The set screws 18 areprovided with wing nuts 19 and have pivotally mounted upon them theupper ends'of braces or struts 20, said braces being longitudinallyslotted, as

indicated at 21, to receive the set screws 7 after the parts have beenadjusted, as desired.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, the operation of my improved foot rest for radiators will beapparent. In the practical use of the device, the bars are clamped uponthe feed pipe of the radiator between any two sections thereof, with thelegs 9 resting upon the floor. The foot supporting plate B "mayobviously be'adjusted to various angles or inclinations by. means of theset screws and the brace bars 20.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very practical, durable andefiicient construction of radiator foot rest, the parts of which may beeasily manufactured and readily assembled, and which willnot be liableto get out of order and whichdevlce will provide a very convenientsupport for a persons feet in'proxlmity to theradlator so as to receivethe heat radiating thereclaimed.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed, is; 1 V

1. A foot rest for radiators, including clamps designed for detachableconnection to portions-of a radiator and embodying longitudinallyslotted bars, set screws mounted in the slots of said bars, legspivotally connected to the said screws, an angularly adjustable footsupporting plate provided with heel lugs connected to said screwswhereby the tighteningof the screws will hold the legs and the adjacentportion of the foot supporting plate in adj usted positions, bracespivotally connected to' the foot supporting plate in advance of said setscrews, and other set'screws adjustably connecting said braces to theclamping devices.-

2. A foot restfor radiators comprising clamping devices embodying mainbars and slotted extension bars having complementary jaws, pinsextending from the main bars and receivable in the slots of theextension bars, set screws carried by the main bars-and extendingthrough said slots and providedwith clamping nuts,'the main bars beingformed at the rear ends with longitudinal slots, a foot supporting plateprovided with heel lugs and toe lugs, legs, set

" screws carried by the heel lugs of said plate and movable in theslotsof the main bars and provided with clamping nuts adapted to clamp thelegs and heel lugs to said bars, set screws secured to the toe lugs ofsaid plate, and braces pivotally mounted upon the last named set screwsand formed with longitudinal slots receiving the first named set screws,as and for the purpose described.

3. A foot rest for radiators comprising a pair of clamping jaws, each ofsaid jaws having an extension, the jaws being complementary to eachother and the extension of one jaw lying against the extension of theother jaw, said extensions being relatively adjustable to shiftthe jawstoward or from each other, legs mounted upon one of said extensions, afoot rest pivoted upon said last named extension, and a brace pivotallyengaging the foot rest and said extensions and adjustable verticallytothereby support the foot rest at difi'erent angles.

l. A foot rest for radiators comprising two pairs of complementary jaws,each of the jaws of each pair having longitudinal parallel extensionsand one of said extensions of each pair being adjustable upon the otherextension of the pair whereby to adjust the jaws nearer to or fartherfrom each other, the extremity of one of said extensions of each pairbeing longitudinally slotted, a foot rest having laterally projectingpins extending through said slots, legs pivotally. connected to saidpins, clamp nuts on the pins, and braces pivotally connected to the footrest extending downward therefrom and adjustably connected to theextensions of each pair whereby the foot rest may be supported atdifferent degrees of inclination.

5. A foot rest for radiators including horizontally extending supportingmembers having jaws at their outer ends adapted to engage wer the feedpipe of a radiator, and a foot rest proper, said foot rest beingadjustable toward or from the jaws and adjustable to different angleswith relation to said supporting members.

(i. A foot rest for radiators comprising a pair of supporting bars, eachof said bars at one end being longitudinally slotted and at its oppositeend being formed with a downwardly extending jaw and with a laterallyprojecting pin, a complementary jaw for each supporting jaw having alongitudinally extending slotted shank disposed against the supportingbar and into which slot the corresponding pin projects, a foot platehaving laterally projecting pins at its lower end which engage throughthe slots in the outer ends of said bars, legs mounted upon said pins,nuts engaging the pins and holding the legs and rear end of the footrest in adjusted positions, braces pivotally connected to the forwardend of the foot rest and longitudinally slotted, the pins In testimonywhereof I hereunto aflix my I on the bars passing through said slots,signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

and nuts engaging said pins and holding OLIVER FRANK WOOLLEY GROMWELL.the braces in vertically adjusted position l/Vitnessesz and thecorresponding longitudinal bar and PARKER G. TENNEY,

shank in adjusted relations. J. R. BENTON.

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